2017-12-12 S&O Agenda - Attachment 1 to Item 7 - Updated Delegations of Authority

                                                                          ATTACHMENT 1

DESCRIPTION OF POWER DELEGATED                                                 LEGISLATION
Power, as agency, to refuse to give access to a document in a form requested, Section 83(4)
if it would:
(a) interfere unreasonably with Council’s operations, or
(b) be detrimental to the preservation of the document, or
(c) be inappropriate having regard to the physical nature of the document; or
(d) involve an infringement of the copyright of a person other than the State,
and give access in another form.
Power, as agency, to extend the period in which an applicant may access a Section 84(2)
document.
Power, as agency, to defer giving access to a document for a reasonable        Section 87
period if the document was prepared:
(a) for presentation to the Assembly or a committee of the Assembly; or
(b) for release to the media; or
(c) solely for inclusion in a document prepared for a purpose in (a) or (b).
Power, as agency, to delete irrelevant information from a copy of a requested Section 88
document when giving access to that requested document, if the agency
considers it is reasonably practicable to give access to the copy.
Power, as agency, to give access to a copy of a document from which the Section 89
exempt information has been deleted.
Power, as agency, to give access to a copy of a document from which the Section 90
contrary to public interest information has been deleted.
Power, as agency, to direct access to the document be given instead to an Section 92(2)
appropriately qualified healthcare professional nominated by the applicant and
approved by the agency, where access was refused under section 47(3)(d) of
the Right to Information Act, as applied under the Information Privacy Act.
Power, as agency, to conduct a particular further search or to conduct further Section 115
searches directed by the information commissioner.
Power, as agency, to apply to the information commissioner for declaration     Section 127
that at person is a vexatious applicant.
Power, as agency, to apply to the information commissioner for approval to     Section 157
waive or modify the obligation to comply with the privacy principles.
Power, as agency, to ask the information commissioner to extend the time Section 159
within which to take action stated in a compliance notice.
Power, as agency, to apply to QCAT, as provided under the QCAT Act, for Section 161(1)
review of the information commissioner’s decision to give a compliance notice.

Part 2 - Power, as agency’s principal officer to;

DESCRIPTION OF POWER DELEGATED                                            LEGISLATION
Power, as agency’s principal officer, to deal with an access or amendment Section 50(1)
application.
Power, as agency’s principal officer, to delegate the power to deal with an Section 50(2)
access or amendment application, provided the application does not involve and 50(5)
making a healthcare decision or appointing a health care professional.




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